---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 1632c"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "1632c"
heading: "Acer access and development program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/1632c"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Distribution and Marketing of Agricultural Products"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §1632c. Acer access and development program

- (a) **Grants authorized—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture may make competitive grants to [States](/usc/7/198.md?p=5), tribal governments, and research institutions to support the efforts of such [States](/usc/7/198.md?p=5), tribal governments, and research institutions to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through the following activities:
  - (1) Promotion of research and education related to maple syrup production.
  - (2) Promotion of natural resource sustainability in the maple syrup industry.
  - (3) [Market](/usc/7/198.md?p=1) promotion for maple syrup and maple-sap products.
  - (4) Encouragement of owners and operators of privately held land containing species of trees in the genus Acer—
    - (A) to initiate or expand maple-sugaring activities on the land; or
    - (B) to voluntarily make the land available, including by lease or other means, for access by the public for maple-sugaring activities.
- (b) **Application—** In submitting an application for a competitive grant under this section, a [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5), tribal government, or research institution shall include—
  - (1) a description of the activities to be supported using the grant funds;
  - (2) a description of the benefits that the [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5), tribal government, or research institution intends to achieve as a result of engaging in such activities; and
  - (3) an estimate of the increase in maple-sugaring activities or maple syrup production that the [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5), tribal government, or research institution anticipates will occur as a result of engaging in such activities.
- (c) **Rule of construction—** Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to preempt a [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5) or tribal government law, including a [State](/usc/7/198.md?p=5) or tribal government liability law.
- (d) **Definition of maple-sugaring—** In this section, the term “maple-sugaring” means the collection of sap from any species of tree in the genus Acer for the purpose of boiling to produce food.
- (e) **Regulations—** The [Secretary](/usc/7/499a.md?p=b-2) of Agriculture shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.
- (f) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–79, title XII, § 12306, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 988; Pub. L. 115–334, title XII, § 12501, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4982.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Agricultural Act of 2014, and not as part of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 which comprises this chapter.

### Amendments

2018—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “2023” for “2018”.